1. Utilise the Data Centre closest to your customers

We have nine data centres in different locations across the world. For the fastest network speeds, we recommend using the data centre closest to your customers. To try a different Data Centre, simply complete our Free Trial form and select your Data Centre from ‘Desired location’. Learn more about our Data Centre locations.

2. Configure your servers with a Virtio connection

Whether your drive is stored on hard disk or Solid State Drive, you should configure your servers with a Virtio connection to your drives to increase performance. Virtio disk drivers provide increased performance on virtualised systems by allowing the guest operating system to co-operate directly with the hypervisor – in effect, the drivers “know” they are running in a virtual environment, and can operate more efficiently as a result. See our Improve disk performance with Virtio tutorial.

3. Use Solid State Drives (SSDs)

For faster servers, use Solid State Drives (SSDs). They take seconds to set up on the control panel:

To add a new server using SSD, go to ‘Add’ select ‘Server’ and select ‘SSD’ from the ‘Drive’ drop down.

To move an existing server to SSD, shut down the server, select ‘SSD’ from the drive ‘Copy’ drop-down, reconfigure the server to use the SSD copy, and start the server once copying is complete.